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New skunk cleaner hasn't eaten anything I've thrown at it since introduced to tank on Thursday (3 days ago). It has been very active and not at all shy, but I haven't seen it eat anything. Tried NLS pellets, a broken piece of algae tab, and just tried chopped Trader Joe's raw shrimp. Nada. I shot some Reef Nutrition pod/phyto/oyster/roti feast slurry at it, which got it super excited and swimming to my pipette, but didn't see it catching much of anything.
Only other observation has been that it sits on corals as much as it does rocks. I've seen it on various zoas and hanging out on a branch of pink nepthea. Polyps always retracted when on a coral, but I haven't caught it in the act of eating any of them.
Had a blood cleaner and a different skunk in the past and they ate anything I threw at it.
Any ideas? Don't want it to turn to eating corals out of hunger.
Only other observation has been that it sits on corals as much as it does rocks. I've seen it on various zoas and hanging out on a branch of pink nepthea. Polyps always retracted when on a coral, but I haven't caught it in the act of eating any of them.
Had a blood cleaner and a different skunk in the past and they ate anything I threw at it.
Any ideas? Don't want it to turn to eating corals out of hunger.